Jossy’s first inkling she was born in the wrong body came when she was three. By the time she was 15 she knew she was a female.

Now in her late 20s, she has undergone gender reassignment surgery and lives as a woman full time.

Jossy, an aspiring actress who performs under the stage name Madam Jocelyn, pulled out all the stops with a rendition of Why Don’t You Do Right? from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? to wow judges in the talent round and said she has just over a month to pick a new number to wow judges in the talent round at the finals in September.

“I’m just a girl from Gateshead,” she said. “That’s what I always say.

“But I’m in it to win it now, I don’t do things not to win but if I don’t it’s about taking part and we’ll love and support whichever girl wins.”

The final of Miss Transgender UK takes place in the Egg, in London, on September 27.